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STOP 000K BOX.

Patented June 8, 1886.

y@ QW VBENJAMIN C. SMITH, of Brooklyn, in the UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FEED ADEE AND BENJAMIN o. SMITH, OE BROOKLYN, AssIGNOEs To FEED Y ADEE a oo., OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOP-COCK BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,416, dated June 8, 1886'.

Application tiled July 3, 1885. Serial No. 170,653. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn`own that we, FRED ADEE and county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Stop- Cock Boxes, ot' which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improvement upon that set forth in Letters Patent No. 311,265, granted January 27, 1885, to Benjamin (l. Smith, and is for the purpose of connecting. the stop-cook and pipe with the bottom of the box, and for holding the cheek and turning rod or key in their proper relative position at the upper end of the tubular box.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the stop cock and box. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the lower part of the box at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section in larger size of the check and rings at the upper part of the box; and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same at the line x x, Fig. 3.

The cock b, pipe a, connected to the same, and the rod or key 0 are of ordinary construe` tion. The tubular box d, through which the key c passes, is of any desired length or size, and the base thereof is enlarged and hollow, and it is preferably provided with horizontal flangesf, that prevent the box being raised by the action of frost. In this base there are Vertical slots Z. These are not central, but are toward one side of the base, and the upper ends of these slots are nearly semicircular or hook-shaped.

In applying this box the pipes aand cock b are connected in any usual manner, vafter which the box d is slipped down over the key c, and the slotslallow the box to pass down at each sideof the cock b, the tubular portions of the cock being passed into the lower ends of the hooksshaped portions of the slots by a partial rotation of the box. This causes the stopcook box to form a support for the cock and its pipes, and secures the permanent connection of the parts together, especially after the earth is filled in around the pipes and stopcock box. At the upper end of the key o there is a check-piece, 0, with a square hole to receive the said rod or key c. This eheckpiece has a projecting arm, s, at one side, and it is between the two guide-rings u and w', one or both of which guide-rings have projecting lugs o passing into notches orver- 1 tical slots at the upper end of the box d. -l

Upon one of the rings a or u there are stops formed by the metal at the ends of a recess, t.

made in the ring a', which recess is of sufficient depth to receive the arm s and of a length to allow the arm .s to be turned only the distance required in giving a quarter-rotation to the key or rod c in opening or elosing the cock. It is to be understood that these parts are so constructed that when put together the arm s of the check will occupy the proper position in relation to the stopcock b.

The rings u and u are preferably of malleable iron. The pins s', driven into notches in the edges of the rings ua' and into grooves in the inner surfaces of the box, hold the rings securely in place, and the check is held between the rings, and is not liable to become lost, and it is preferable to cast the check with cylindrical ends at top and bottom, to pass into holes in the respective rings u a.

rlhis increases the length of the square hole through which the key passes.

NVe 'claim as our inventionl. The stop-cock box having the base slotted at l, the upper portion of the slots being hook-shaped for the reception of the tubularA portions of the stopcock, substantially as set forth.

' 2. The combination, with the stop-cock key and tubular box, of a check having a projecting arm, two separate rings, one above and the other below the check, said rings passing into the upper end of the tubular box, and having projections that pass intonotches in the tubular box, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the stop-cook box and the key, of a cheek upon the key having aprojecling arm, a separate ring having a stop for the arm of the check, and through which ring the cylindrical portion of the check passes, the ring being received into the stopcock box and secured in place, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 27th day of June, A. D. 1885.

FRED ADEE.

l BENJAMIN C. SMITH. NVitnesses: GEO. T. PINOKNEY,

WALLACE L. SEERELL.

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